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From: John McWilliams on 7 Apr 2010 10:54 Jamie Kahn Genet wrote: > John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >> erilar wrote: >>> In article <hpaphm$sef$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>> John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> In the post in which you replied to JR, the topic of improvements was >>>> related to iTunes. << Snipped bits out >> >> I see. I had CW, then AW, then used MS Office stuff, now happily rid of >> all three, and simply use iWorks. >> >> So, you can think of no lost functions in iTunes? > > Actually I can - though really they've just become hidden preferences > which is hardly user friendly > <http://www.macworld.com/article/135501/2008/09/itunes8prefs.html>. The first whinge is simply untrue in the current version of iTunes: Genre is easily added or hidden; the others are too trivial to pursue. -- john mcwilliams
From: John McWilliams on 7 Apr 2010 10:55 erilar wrote: > In article <1jglsl4.10id1kv1m3fs27N%jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz>, > jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: > >> John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >>> So, you can think of no lost functions in iTunes? >> Actually I can - though really they've just become hidden preferences >> which is hardly user friendly >> <http://www.macworld.com/article/135501/2008/09/itunes8prefs.html>. > > I'm also discovering intrusions into the way I WANT my settings to work. > I'm not happy with the interface at the store, either. So, to be clear, you cannot name a single thing that has been omitted from iTunes of any importance whatsoever? -- John McWilliams
From: erilar on 7 Apr 2010 17:50 In article <hpi6d8$cse$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > erilar wrote: > > In article <1jglsl4.10id1kv1m3fs27N%jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz>, > > jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: > > > >> John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > >>> So, you can think of no lost functions in iTunes? > >> Actually I can - though really they've just become hidden preferences > >> which is hardly user friendly > >> <http://www.macworld.com/article/135501/2008/09/itunes8prefs.html>. > > > > I'm also discovering intrusions into the way I WANT my settings to work. > > I'm not happy with the interface at the store, either. > > So, to be clear, you cannot name a single thing that has been omitted > from iTunes of any importance whatsoever? They just filled it with stuff I had to delete or hide. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: John McWilliams on 7 Apr 2010 20:28 erilar wrote: > In article <hpi6d8$cse$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >> erilar wrote: >>> In article <1jglsl4.10id1kv1m3fs27N%jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz>, >>> jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: >>> >>>> John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> So, you can think of no lost functions in iTunes? >>>> Actually I can - though really they've just become hidden preferences >>>> which is hardly user friendly >>>> <http://www.macworld.com/article/135501/2008/09/itunes8prefs.html>. >>> I'm also discovering intrusions into the way I WANT my settings to work. >>> I'm not happy with the interface at the store, either. >> So, to be clear, you cannot name a single thing that has been omitted >> from iTunes of any importance whatsoever? > > They just filled it with stuff I had to delete or hide. You do have a hard time retracting what you said! Not unusual, just I thought you'd do better. -- john mcwilliams
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 7 Apr 2010 23:06
John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Jamie Kahn Genet wrote: > > John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > >> erilar wrote: > >>> In article <hpaphm$sef$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > >>> John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >>> > >>>> In the post in which you replied to JR, the topic of improvements was > >>>> related to iTunes. > << Snipped bits out >> > > >> I see. I had CW, then AW, then used MS Office stuff, now happily rid of > >> all three, and simply use iWorks. > >> > >> So, you can think of no lost functions in iTunes? > > > > Actually I can - though really they've just become hidden preferences > > which is hardly user friendly > > <http://www.macworld.com/article/135501/2008/09/itunes8prefs.html>. > > The first whinge is simply untrue in the current version of iTunes: > Genre is easily added or hidden; the others are too trivial to pursue. If you think downloading the full preview before playback begins is "trival" then you've never been outside the US :-) It is the ONLY way to get playback of previews without stuttering here in NZ. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. |